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D-Index
44
Citations
6359
World Ranking
6849
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2438

Eric A. Ray publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Eric A. Ray sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 127 publications — 28th percentile

28% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

Eric A. Ray D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Eric A. Ray sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 44 D-Index — 32nd percentile

32% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Overview

Eric A. Ray is affiliated with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on topics related to Earth and planetary sciences, with an emphasis on atmospheric science and environmental science.

Their work covers several specific subfields, including:

  • Atmospheric Science
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
  • Environmental Engineering

Key topics in their research include:

  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Atmospheric aerosols and clouds
  • Climate variability and models
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Fire effects on ecosystems

They frequently publish in venues such as:

  • Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • Nature Geoscience
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Their recent papers include:

  • Large contribution of biomass burning emissions to ozone throughout the global remote troposphere (2021), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Widespread biomass burning smoke throughout the remote troposphere (2020), Nature Geoscience
  • The NASA Atmospheric Tomography (ATom) Mission: Imaging the Chemistry of the Global Atmosphere (2021), Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • Dominant role of mineral dust in cirrus cloud formation revealed by global-scale measurements (2022), Nature Geoscience
  • A decline in global CFC-11 emissions during 2018−2019 (2021), Nature

Regular collaborators in their research include:

  • Eric C. Apel
  • Rebecca S. Hornbrook
  • Kathryn McKain
  • Gregory P. Schill
  • R. Commane

Best Publications

  • An unexpected and persistent increase in global emissions of ozone-depleting CFC-11

    Stephen A. Montzka;Geoff S. Dutton;Geoff S. Dutton;Pengfei Yu;Pengfei Yu;Eric Ray;Eric Ray

  • A large source of cloud condensation nuclei from new particle formation in the tropics.

    Christina J. Williamson;Christina J. Williamson;Agnieszka Kupc;Agnieszka Kupc;Duncan Axisa;Kelsey R. Bilsback

  • Stratospheric water vapor trends over Boulder, Colorado: Analysis of the 30 year Boulder record

    Dale F. Hurst;Dale F. Hurst;Samuel J. Oltmans;Holger Vömel;Karen H. Rosenlof

  • Mean Ages of Stratospheric Air Derived from in Situ Observations of Co2, Ch4, and N2o

    A. E. Andrews;K. A. Boering;B. C. Daube;S. C. Wofsy

  • Large contribution of biomass burning emissions to ozone throughout the global remote troposphere

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  • Vertical velocity, vertical diffusion, and dilution by midlatitude air in the tropical lower stratosphere

    Philip W. Mote;Timothy J. Dunkerton;Michael E. McIntyre;Eric A. Ray

  • Efficient transport of tropospheric aerosol into the stratosphere via the Asian summer monsoon anticyclone.

    Pengfei Yu;Karen H. Rosenlof;Shang Liu;Shang Liu;Shang Liu;Hagen Telg;Hagen Telg

  • Dominant role of mineral dust in cirrus cloud formation revealed by global-scale measurements

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  • Transport into the northern hemisphere lowermost stratosphere revealed by in situ tracer measurements

    Eric A. Ray;Fred L. Moore;James W. Elkins;Geoffrey S. Dutton

  • Global‐scale seasonally resolved black carbon vertical profiles over the Pacific

    J. P. Schwarz;J. P. Schwarz;B. H. Samset;A. E. Perring;A. E. Perring;J. R. Spackman

  • On the structural changes in the Brewer-Dobson circulation after 2000

    Harald Bönisch;Andreas Engel;Thomas Birner;Peter Hoor

  • Chemical depletion of Arctic ozone in winter 1999/2000

    M. Rex;R. J. Salawitch;N. R. P. Harris;P. von der Gathen

  • Quantification of the SF6 lifetime based on mesospheric loss measured in the stratospheric polar vortex

    Eric A. Ray;Eric A. Ray;Fred L. Moore;Fred L. Moore;James W. Elkins;Karen H. Rosenlof

  • Widespread biomass burning smoke throughout the remote troposphere

    G. P. Schill;G. P. Schill;K. D. Froyd;K. D. Froyd;H. Bian;H. Bian;A. Kupc;A. Kupc;A. Kupc

  • THE NASA ATMOSPHERIC TOMOGRAPHY (ATom) MISSION: Imaging the Chemistry of the Global Atmosphere

    Chelsea R. Thompson;Steven C. Wofsy;Michael J. Prather;Paul A. Newman

  • ATom: Merged Atmospheric Chemistry, Trace Gases, and Aerosols

    S.C. Wofsy;S. Afshar;H.M. Allen;E.C. Apel

  • A Model Study of Gravity Waves over Hurricane Humberto (2001)

    M. A. Kuester;M. J. Alexander;E. A. Ray

  • A decline in global CFC-11 emissions during 2018−2019

    Stephen A. Montzka;Geoffrey S. Dutton;Geoffrey S. Dutton;Robert W. Portmann;Martyn P. Chipperfield

  • Descent and mixing in the 1999–2000 northern polar vortex inferred from in situ tracer measurements

    Eric A. Ray;Eric A. Ray;Fred L. Moore;Fred L. Moore;James W. Elkins;Dale F. Hurst;Dale F. Hurst

  • An analysis of the structure and forcing of the equatorial semiannual oscillation in zonal wind

    Eric A. Ray;M. Joan Alexander;James R. Holton

  • Jet characterization in the upper troposphere/lower stratosphere (UTLS): applications to climatology and transport studies

    G. L. Manney;G. L. Manney;Michaela I Hegglin;W. H. Daffer;M. L. Santee

  • Evidence for changes in stratospheric transport and mixing over the past three decades based on multiple data sets and tropical leaky pipe analysis

    Eric A. Ray;Eric A. Ray;Fred L. Moore;Fred L. Moore;Karen H. Rosenlof;Sean M. Davis;Sean M. Davis

  • Characterization of organic aerosol across the global remote troposphere: a comparison of ATom measurements and global chemistry models

    Alma Hodzic;Pedro Campuzano-Jost;Pedro Campuzano-Jost;Huisheng Bian;Mian Chin

  • Atmospheric Acetaldehyde: Importance of Air-Sea Exchange and a Missing Source in the Remote Troposphere

    Siyuan Wang;Rebecca S. Hornbrook;Alan J. Hills;Louisa K. Emmons

Frequent Co-Authors

Fred L. Moore
Fred L. Moore National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Karen H. Rosenlof
Karen H. Rosenlof National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Dale F. Hurst
Dale F. Hurst Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences
James W. Elkins
James W. Elkins National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Karl D. Froyd
Karl D. Froyd Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences
Bruce C. Daube
Bruce C. Daube Harvard University
Jeff Peischl
Jeff Peischl Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences
David W. Fahey
David W. Fahey National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Kenneth C. Aikin
Kenneth C. Aikin National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Donald R. Blake
Donald R. Blake University of California, Irvine

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